“The final forming of a man’s character lies in his own hands.” - Anne Frank

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

10 November

I don’t begin life as a man of convictions but as a frisky puppy bumping into a series of hunches which I play with, which I try on for size. Some get discarded rather early. [“No, I’m NOT going to become a cowboy, or an astronaut – so what’s next?”] After I’ve worn one or another of the hunches long enough, they become habits. And when life requires, as life invariably will, I will choose to pay the price for a select few of them, and who knows, maybe even a terrible price. And in the process I will become a man of convictions, I will fulfill my destiny.